Manicuring implement



W. B. ET'ZWEILER.

MANICU'RING IMPLEMENT.

- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18. 1921.

1,395,180. Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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MANICURING IMPLEMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, WILLIAM BENTON ETZWEILER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Penbrook, in the county of Dauphin and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and ments in a Manicuring.Implement, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles and more particularly tomanicure implements.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient deviceof this character equipped with safety nail cutters, whereby all dangerof the fingers being cut is obviated.

Another object is to provide such an plement with a file having acooperating guard to control the length of the nail be.- ing trimmed, sothat the nails of all the fingers may be ofuniform length.

Another object is to provide a mamcure implement having a plurality offiles equipped each with a guard, said guards varying in width so thatnails may be trimmed different lengths at the will'of the user.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a man1- cure implement constructed inaccordance with this invention, the parts broken out and in section,

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment illustrated, the implement 1 constituting thisinvention is composed of a steel plate of any desired shape and size,being here shown rectangular with the center cut out to afford lightnessand which is pointed at one end, as shown at 2 to provide a finger nailcleaner, while its opposite end has a recess 3 extending longitudinallyinward to provide furcations 4 and 5. The furcations 4.- and 5 are eachslotted edgewise, as shown at 6 to provide spaced parallel fingers 7 and8, the outer faces of which taper toward their free ends, as 1s shownclearly in Fig. 2.' Supported between the ends of the fingers 7 and 8 ofeach furcation is a knife 9 positioned and spaced from the terminalsofsaid fingers a distance suf- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1921.

useful Improve-- Patented Oct. 25, 1921. Serial No. 446,038.

ficient to permit the insertion of the finger nail between said fingersto bring its end to engagement with the knife which is designed to'cutthe nail and shape it to conform to the shape of'the fingertip. The

ends of the fingers form guides for the knife in contact with thenailand preventall possibility of the finger being cut. Y

Arranged on the opposed faces of the member 1, and extendinglongitudinally thereof on opposite sides tion ofsaid member are aplurality of ribs 10, 11, 1'2 and 13 which are spaced from the sideedges of the member 1 and from the edges of the cutout portion differentdistances, for a purpose presently to be described. Each of these ribshas its outer face roughened or serrated to provide nail'filingsurfaces. The plate 1 inside of said ribs between them and the walls ofthe slot 14 in said plate are also provided with roughened or filingsurfaces, as shown at 15, the filing faces carried by the ribs beingnumbered 16. It will thus be-seen that there are eight of these filingsurfaces, four carried by the ribs and four by the faces of the platesbetween the ribs and the opening 14 and that each of said surfaces isprovided with a guard.

The guards for the rib carried files are provided by the side edges ofthe plate, as shown at 17 and the distance between the side edges ofthis plate and the various ribs varies so that guards of differentwidths are provided for limiting and controlling the length of the nailto be filed. The inner faces of. the ribs form guards for the platecarried files and said ribs are of different widths for this purpose, asis shown clearly in Fig. 3.

From the above description it will be obvious that the implement hereinshown and described includes a plurality of nail files and cooperatingguards whereby the nails may be filed different lengths according to thewill of the user, the width of the nail to be filed being controlled bythe width of the guard on the file used, it being understood that theedge of the guard is engaged with the tip of the finger adjacent thenail being filed and that the file is guided around the edge of the nailwiththe guard engaged with the finger.

From the above description it will be obvious that the implementconstituting this invention provides for cutting of the nails of thecutout porwithout danger of cutting the finger and for cutting them ofuniform length. It also provides a plurality of files for trimming thenails different lengths, according to the Will of the user, as Well asan implement for cleaning under the nails. By the use of the implementevery finger nail may be trimmed uniformly thereby adding greatly to theattractiveness of the hand.

s The guards may be of any desired width, being preferably of widths ofone sixty fourth of an inch, gradually increasing up- -vvard to fivethirty seconds, eight of such guards belng here 'shoWn:for cooperationwith the eight files employed. p

This implement may also be made of .different sizes to adapt it tobecarried in'the g pocketof theuser or for homeuse it may be scopeof theclaimed invention may bemade V made larger. 7 v I The preferredembodiment of the invention 'is disclosedin the drawings andrset forthin the specification, but it will be un derstood that any modificationswithin the in the construction without de artin from the )rinci le ofthe invention or sacrificin any of its advantages. y 1

Iclaim: W i

1; A manicure implement comprising a plate having a pair oflongitudinally extending ribs arranged on each face thereof, spacedlaterally fron eaoh other and from the side edgesof the plate,the'opposed faces of said ribs being of different Widths, the Wider faceof each rib having a filing surface With aguard extending at rightangles from the base thereof, the narrower face being plain and havinga' filing; surface extending 'at right angles from its base, said plainface of said rib formingfa" guard for the filing surface at its base. Vv2. A minature implement comprising a plate having apairoflongitudinally extending ribs arranged on each facethereof, spacedllaterallf from each other and from the side edges of theplate,-theopposed facesof said ribsbeing of diiferent'widths, the wider face ofeach rib having a filing surface with a guard extending at rightzingjlesfrom-the base thereof, the narrower'facebeing plain and having afiling surface extending; at

right angles from its.base, said '-plain face of said rib forming. aguard for the filing surface at its base, the plain faces of the variousribs beingof different widths't o form'guards for" controlling thelength'of the nail to be hereto.

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